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Compared to U.S. broadcasting, BBC is not so much dull as different-in purpose, outlook and intention. Unlike U.S. radio, which was born into a competitive jungle and just grew into a brassy-voiced maturity, British radio was cradled in monopoly and spoon-fed throughout its formative years by a pious, iron-willed Scot named John Reith. BBC gave its listeners, not what they wanted, but what Director General Reith thought they needed. To use radio just for entertainment, said Reith, would be a "prostitution of its power" and "an insult to the intelligence of the public...
...Russian potato-masher hand grenade stuck in his belt; his conical Russian helmet lay in the ditch beside his rifle. The dead man's pack contained a glob of soggy rice, freshly cooked and wrapped in a dirty blue cloth, a shovel, a tin cup and a spoon; he had no first-aid kit, no ammunition belt (he carried his bullets loose in his pocket), and no canteen. His shoes were Korean-made rubber sneakers...
Today's Seniors will, for example, have reached some conclusions about the present struggle against Communism. The important thing here is that these conclusions have been sought after and found by each man, and not spoon-fed by any University policy. For if there is one idea that the Class of 1950 can be said to hold unanimously, it is the firm opinion that no one shall dictate to it a line of thought. This in itself, of course, should make clear what conclusions are likely on the subject of Communism. A senior at Yale did his classmates a grave...
Harvard College, President Conant has Said, seeks to turn out "tough minded idealists," individuals who will be able to fight for their principles against the force of worldly realities. Hence the Harvard educational pattern has always been aimed at getting the student to order his own life, instead of spoon-feeding him and running his life for him as many other colleges seek...
Margaret Leighton gives an insistent performance as the paramour. Her lover compares her to "a child banging an empty spoon on a table" before his emotions overcome his scientific approach, and this analogy fits her role aptly...